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From a Life of Physics.
A compilation of previously unpublished lectures delivered at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics by the pioneers and creators of modern physics --Bethe, Dirac, Heisenberg, Wigner, Klein and Landau (the sixth delivered by E Lifshitz). By sharing with us their own lives of physics, these...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Publishing Company,
1989.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword: twenty-one years after; energy on earth and in the stars; pleasure from physics; expressing energy loss; solved in the subway; atomic masses; solid state; nuclear reactions in the stars; the lamb shift; wartime work; materials for space vehicles; new work on nuclear matter; methods in theoretical physics; cosmological speculation; success through method; impact of relativity; fruitful relaxation; from tensors to spinors; on the wrong track?; difficulty in quantum electrodynamics; theory, criticism and a philosophy; when a golden age started; first steps in physics.
- Phenomenological theorybohr's conjecture; einstein on theory and observation; stability of laminar flow; sequel after twenty years; finding a mathematical mistake; rigorous and dirty mathematics; abandoning old concepts; quantum theory understood; einstein's fictitious experiments; electrons and the nucleus; changing the outlook of atomic physics; pair creation; phenomenon established; pauli's critical acumen; my general philosophy; the scientist and society; first sources; regularities in a complicated· world; ""unreasonable accuracy"" of physical laws; consequences of the scientist's work.
- Changes in scienceemergence of big science; courage in guessing; the pleasure of exploration; the privilege of a satisfying life; from my life of physics; from childish curiosity; when all was new; deeper background; whirlpool of speculation; in five dimensions; kind scepticism; argument on radiation; the liberty of doubt; landau-greatscientist and teacher; early talent; unbelievable beauty; teaching
- his vocation; international recognition; the stock of gold.